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CIE standard general sky
set of 15 sky luminance distributions which model the sky from heavily overcast sky to cloudless sky
Note 1 to entry: The relative luminance distributions are described in ISO 15469/CIE S 011
Note 2 to entry: This entry was numbered 17-167 in CIE S 017:2011.